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John Edward Williams

1922 - 1994

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John Edward Williams (August 29, 1922 – March 3, 1994) was an American author, editor and professor. He was best known for his novels Butcher's Crossing (1960), Stoner (1965), and Augustus (1972), which won a U.S. National Book Award. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Edward Williams is the 3,094th most popular writer (down from 2,525th in 2019), the 4,475th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,201st in 2019) and the 351st most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, John Edward Williams ranks 3,094 out of 7,302. Before him are Dodie Smith, Victoria Benedictsson, Can Xue, Breyten Breytenbach, Howard Fast, and Alexey Troitsky. After him are Laza Kostić, Johann Heinrich Voss, Mukaghali Makatayev, Fumiko Enchi, Francis Ponge, and Alois Musil.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, John Edward Williams ranks 203. Before him are Corneille Guillaume Beverloo, Stanley Schachter, Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin, Fritz Hollings, William Baumol, and Burt Kennedy. After him are Francis Pym, Theo Albrecht, Vsevolod Bobrov, Steven Hill, Luiz Bonfá, and René Lévesque. Among people deceased in 1994, John Edward Williams ranks 161. Before him are Grigol Abashidze, Leonid Leonov, Mildred Natwick, Joe Pass, Dmitri Ivanenko, and Phoumi Vongvichit. After him are Mehmed Orhan, Rossano Brazzi, Zail Singh, Nick Cravat, Rolf Singer, and Cyprien Ntaryamira.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Edward Williams ranks 4,475 out of 20,380. Before him are Alice Brady (1892), David Leitch (1975), George David Birkhoff (1884), William P. Rogers (1913), Earl Warren (1891), and Howard Fast (1914). After him are Thomas E. Dewey (1902), Julia Robinson (1919), Stone Cold Steve Austin (1964), Jack Cassidy (1927), Laurie Metcalf (1955), and Jim Croce (1943).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, John Edward Williams ranks 351. Before him are Anne McCaffrey (1926), Henrietta Szold (1860), Stephenie Meyer (1973), Jim Carroll (1949), Elmore Leonard (1925), and Howard Fast (1914). After him are Richard Bandler (1950), E. L. Doctorow (1931), Gregory Benford (1941), Larry Niven (1938), Jim Rohn (1930), and Jonathan Franzen (1959).

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